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Intense Action

I LOVED this movie. It has incredibly entertaining, great music, characters, plot, tons of weapons, lots of action, a kick butt heroine, and a new original take on a great story. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
However, this movie is definitely intense, and far too much for most little kids to handle.
Pervasive language, terrifying images, one sex scene involving nudity (easy to predict and skip over though if desired), and graphic violence, including brief scenes of torture are involved.
On the other hand, the good guys, Hansel and Gretel, are very loving and protective of the innocent, especially Hansel, which I really thought was a great touch. And the love for each other was beautifully acted. I loved how the director perfectly combined the action with great relationships that reflected tenderness between siblings, lovers, and hero/victims.

Going for a Ride

I was curious why this movie was mostly popular with the public and panned by critics. There was much action and drama, but it's not going to win an academy award. The theatrical version I viewed did have some profanity and nudity. The nudity there I believe was in good taste. There's ample violence, mainly gore, boys may find fine, but girls may feel repelled. In a little research done, this tale may have originated about 1315, beginning the 'Great Famine' of Europe and a 500 year mini-Ice Age that created many problems and contributed to the culture, economics of the globe. About that time and some years to the colonization of the 'New World', spoiled barley eaten had ergot that caused hallucinations, exaggerated the pursuit of witches and magic was evil. Further, women were seen as 'enchanting', which exacerbated the witch hunting. The moral of the story is to outwit an opponent by being fast, clever, shrewd and have a little fun too. The movie does go for audience sensibilities to express, 'what's normal these days?', as any project would do for success and these tales trend. The actors prepared well for their roles and did a good job playing the characters.
I rate this DVD as a diversion. That's my opinion on it.

Is fine for kids 11 and up

I saw this when I was ten. I think it's fine for 10 and up because all it has is violence ( which looks very fake ) and a bit of swearing. And frankly, kids hear swearing everyday and I honestly don' t know why you parents think that a kid would pick up swearing from movies. Percentages show that most kids pick up swearing from an older brother or sister or even their parents.

great film

I watched this with my parents when i was around 12 and didnt really find it scary but if my younger who cousin who is now 12 would freak out and probably have nightmares for ages because we watched cirque du freak the vampires assistant when she was 11 and she ended up crying

Decent Fantasy Film with Blood, Silly Looking Witches, and Actually some Humor

This silly but fun witch killing movie has lots of violence, but not much more than PG-13 films. There is more blood and gore, as well as some sexual content and some stronger language. The movie is pretty good, but not great. I would recommend it to fantasy fans.

Great ang gory

I think it's a great movie . The only thing to worry about it for younger kids it might be a little too creepy and bloody. For kids that can handly bloody violent movies. It's all fake. I Personally don't think its a bad movie at all. It plays out very well. There is one scene of a woman's naked butt for only like 5 seconds. The F word comes around about 4 times and other swears too. Overall with the right audience the movie is very entertaining and enjoyable for the suspense/fantasy lovers

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